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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-28
WHEN INDICATIONS.

WEDNESDAY-Col fair weather. with
a cold wave.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
sMUGGuSe DIAMONDS.
fChambers's Journal. |


A story, which lately became public,
shows haw well the modern diamond
smuQolers had laid 10 heart PEGS pre-
eepts, Please TO hold my baby while
my husband helps me 10 open my trunks;
be will be quite good II yoa will shake
his rattle" said lady passenger to the
cfiioer whO vas waiting 10 look over her
travelling gear. And that officer good
humoredly did as he was requested,
shaking the rattle 10 tse great deliehf
of the little one. The rattle IN question,
which, fastened 10 q ribbon, vas tied to
the child's waist, was hlled with gems
of crest value, q mode OF smuggling
that at the time Was too simple for de-
lection, A clever female, attired IN the
crstume OF Sister Of Mercy, was pass.
ed over by the officers because she bad
no luggage worth examining. She pos
sessed, however, a fine string OF beads,
which, with dovncast eyes, she kept
telling. Safe on laDd. she vas affection
aiely welcomed by two persons dressed
in costumes similar 70 her own. Need u
ke told that she vas 9 swuRRler. and
that her beads we're 50 ooustrneted tnat
Zach held q diamond uelRhine seven or
eight oarats7 Another ingenious peFson
bit upon the plan Of plaeinR few pre-
cious stones In q toy Kaleidoscope. Uhloh
had been given 10 child. whe carried
Il ashore IN safety. A number Of HON
ing pigeons kept 10 cages. and purehas-
ed al q village IN Belgium and brought
TO the United States by way Of PaTis
and Havrs, also played profitable part,
each Of the pigeons being freighted with
a cargo Of eIqasite gems. concealed IN
quills, and carefully fastened 20 the
messA0e-besFinR dove. An extensive
system Of diamond smuRRlinR vas a.
one time carried on from Canadian
sFoand by She aid Of the booming pig
eons. The discovery of this Illicit trade
vas ma 9 accidentally By q farmer, Ubo
happened 20 shoot Que Of the birds, and
on exAmininQ is found that there Vas
fastened to its leg a qaili containing a
number Of diamonds. A cleW being
Obtained, the local nsbitatiop OF the
pigeon pFopgistors Was discovered and
their mode Of basiBess pas an end 10.
The scheme, stated asmpiy. was 20 ny
every waek or ten days hock OF dozsn
sr fifteen pigeons, eaeh carrying about
half q dozen gems Az the duty on dia-
mords amounts % 10 per cent, the
troable taken 10 sDngRie these gems
into the Uaited States dses not seem
~ yery remarkable. Toe val1s Of the
precious stones honestly imported into
The United States - between - oOo.fro
and g. 00,Oo0 per AMMAN, aud % baa
been calculated thst gems 10 half that
sarn escape payment Of duty.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

Do not coustitats yourseif the critic,
eenaor or father coufessoF Of your
frssnd. ConAdsnce should Be pgodsred.
Got soughf, and advice sparisRly a6-
ufuisteRed.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,
II rzE sAsEHEsT or IKE
Merchants National Bank.

CECURITIES AND vALUABLEs.
- GOODS and PARCELS Of all kinds re
eeivsd for safe kesping and storage.
Safes and Deposit Boxss In BURGLAR
VAULT rented At from S5 70 $50 per an
nun. according 20 size.
M0RTG AGE LOANS On real estate AZ
low rate Of interest and on long time.
Interest paid on money from time of
deposit 20 date OF pAymenL mhi
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

white sesi BaFpine OIL for illnminat
ing purposes has no eq1al. n. CHI
HEsa, sole agent, 624 FFoBt 81 Eb1l Inn
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
Notice Of Dissolution.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the pArtne~ship heretofore existing
hsfws en the undersigned. under tAs name
Of the seattle soap Company, or k3op-
solved By mutual consent All dsb'n due
q On the said Partnersrip wiil be paid hy
the underElzned- q. B. Busssu aBd al
eehts due - said partnership must be
paid 70 him.
The husiDess viii be cnntirn 4 By c. B.
BnaseEl. who viii ADVERT Q and carry on
the basineas as herstofore under the nAme
Of the Seattle Soap Company.
Dated a. eeAt1la this 2ssh day of Feb
ruary. ISE. r. N. HOPKINa
fe9S1lm @ b BUSSkIIA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

CKATTI.E LODGE No. q L o. @. r
y Taeess evcrY Monday night IN BeiFs
Hsu On Front street. next 70 Balls Hotel.
ViTfing members IN good stsnding cor.
MaIIT invited. J. W. BIXBY, g. 7.
GTAHEEY Ses
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

Seer staFy Daniel Manning sailed for
RaFops 90 she steamer Arizona this
morning. he was accom- panied BY MS
wife and aanghteF. Mr.. AanuiRR said
shs journey vas taken 10 the hope that
the touis Of The sea air wouid bepeft
bis health. He vas fteliag strong, and
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
DEXTER HORTON B co.,
BANKERS
SEATTLE, W. 7,

Deposits received and accounts ksp
subject 20 Check or Drafk
Sight kxcAange and Telegraphic TrAns-
for On San Francisco. Portland and New
York.
Sight bills Of exchange drawn In suns
70 suit direct on London. svailshle else
where In Europe.
Money loaned on approved security
celved On deposit for safe Keeping.
Ooliecttons made and proceeds prompt
rAuittAd
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

sAs FR1NczsoO, March ISIS .. m.--
Indicatious for Washington Territory
for the q hours eonmenoiDg ~ 4 q. m,
March I6lh; Rain.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
SOCIETIES.
W. C., 2. q,

1-gE SEATTLE woMEN's CHRIs-
dan Temperance Union meets eyery
Friday, ct 10 D. m, In the First Method
4 Episcopal Church. Second street All
Christian women earnestly invited 10
arsend. JAZZ
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
NOTIFIED OF THE SCHEME.

Sr. PETERSBURG. March 15.-It is
semi officially stated that on Sunday
the police we're informed Of an attempt
which might be made on the life of the
Gar, today being the anniversary Of
the celebration Of the death of his
father. Il resulted in the po-
lice arresting, near the Imperial pal
ace, several persons who we're discovered
holding dynamite bombs 10 their hands
ready to throw at the Ozar as be
emaerOed from the chapel.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
rHK REroRrs ooNFTRAGKp.

LONDON, March l5 The Russian Em.
bassy In London has received dispatches
confirming the reports Of the discovery
Of plots to assassinate the Gar and the
arrest of many rinRleaders. These dis
patches say that no actual attempt was
made to kill the Czar, as the plot was
discovered before he left the palace.
The British Governu ent has received
dispatches to the same effect from Sir
z. d. Nowier, British Embassador at
st. Petersburg.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
YFaIl I'LL QaaaalIana.

NKw YoEE. March I5.--U. y. 81. 1005(;
u, coupon, 1zs& SIS, coupon. 129i
Pacific g., lB5f; Ameriean Express,
100; Canadian Pacific. 37H Canada
SOathern, o.; Central Pasiho, 361(
hiO GraBds, Z5Js; Erie. 331<i Kansas
snd Texas, 81 Northern Pacific,
y: preferred, So: Northwestern, /,
ll5t<; NsW YsFk Csntral. II15k; Oregon
Railway and Navigation, 1105(; Oregon
a frausoontinentAl. 32 Oregon In
prOveDeut, 20: Pacific Mali, 5iA I;
Texas Paeide, z7it; Union Pacific. B7l1;
Unit6d States Express. ~; Wells Far
-. ~. Wa.aara. llEllr... Tn
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

LOUISVILLE. March ia meeting
was held here today by the COMMITTEES
appointed by the American Turf Gen.
eress which assembled in Cincinnati
recently. Il was resolved that u
vas the unanimous opinion Of
the committee that each club In the
congress should interest breeders and
owners toward promoting fair racing.
and TO providing regular set Of impair
tial and skilled judges TO act through
ant aaoh rnaa4inu
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

AUSTIN. (Texas), March 15.-JudRe
Lafayette Kirk, Of Washington County,
who recently testified before the Sena-
torial outrage investigation committee
Of Washington County, by a UAited
states Grand Jury on charge Of in
timidatina voters. Judge Kirk arrived
here today and gave bonds for his ap-
pearance 10 answer the charges.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
Lsad0n IN Darkness


Loxpox. March IA remsrkshls
darkness enveloped Londoa 81 noon to-
day. II uas a. dArk a. midnighi IN the
entire part Of Charina Cross. Whitehall
and fhs Strand. she atmosBhers being
pitehy black N she east and south. Ia
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
shipping Intelligence.

PoRT TowNsE D, March l5.-Arrived-
bark India, Shanghai. Ssiled-bark
Autoinette, for HsDRkonR; bark Frey
Bentos, for Sidney.
PoBr LUDLOW, March 15.-Arrived-
bark Cowlitz.
DUNdENEss, March ia schooner
was passing up the straits at 4 p. m.
OIeHdy; calm.
SAN Francisco. March l5.-Sailed-
steamer Umatilla, for Seattle.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
RKTusE TO GIVE INFORMATION.

PARIs, March Is. L'IasransigsaHt
Henri RochefoFi's paper, states that
several persons have been arrested in
Sc. Petersburg on the charge Of eRRaR-
ing in Q conspiracy against the life Of
the CZar last Sunday. The paper adds
that as the Czar was passing along the
thsroughfare on his way to attend the
services in commemoration Of the
death of bis father. bomb was thrown
at him. bat for seme reason il failed 20
explode
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

SAN Francisco, Marsh 15.-Advioes
received by the steamer City Of New
York. which touched at HOaolulu on
her voyage from China, state that 10 Is
reported at Honolulu that the British
ship Swansea Castle with cholera aboard
has sailed from Valparaiso bound for
Portland. Oregon. She was not allowed
to enter Valparaiso, but was supplied
with provisions from outside.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

no UNUSUAL oocU1RKNouE.
sr. PKrKasBUR0. MaFeh 1.-The Oh
eial Messenger pablishes the following
statement: The Car and family at
tended requiem service in memory Of
Czar Alexander ii on Sunday afternoon
and half an boar afterward started for
Gatxchina. Tue paper makes no men,
tion Of any unusual incident having
occurred on that dAy or since.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
A BOMB IN A woMAx's MuEF.

A dispatch from 81. Petersburg to the
Standard says one of the six students
arrested in connection with the plot
carried a hollow book containing bot
tie filled with dynamite aud poisoued
bdllets. Others had parcels and bags
containing bombs. The dispatch also
says that 1t is alleged that woman was
arrested who had a bomb concealed in
her muff.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16
Surveys In Eastern oregon.

SAN Francisco. March 15.-L- 3.
Clements, Chief Engineer Of the Pacific
Improvement Company, has gone TO
Eastern Oregon to make preliminary
surveys. it Is presumed, for the Southern
Pacific line through that section. II
has been definitely settled there that
the base Of these surveys shall be Edge
wood and not Klamath river, as origin
ally intended.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-16

CHICAGO, March l5.-The Nsscs' WASH
inRton correspondent says: 81 am teld
that the resignation Of Secretary Endi-
colt has been rendered 10 the President,
and will be accepted"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13
TH8Vs ~ a VH0OfARiAR.
8zpesaeasee - aa 8x1sssecs Casrsea - VIA
est AaloAl F0oa.

Rxpssasusse q sa Bxisssscs UAssSsa - Wish
est Asioai Fssa.
From the Philadelphia inquirer.
A respected correspondent writes that foe
wenty years his food has bsen entirely vsgs-
table, no ish, fowl or fssh having been
and hs issls no difference in capscity for
work, physical or mental He says A. Q
rule the vegetarian con 90 longer without
feeling the necessity Of eating than meat
sa.srs.shss ia ,,s have longer inservsls Be-,
presume to the fact that meat being more
stimulating In its nature the effects of II are
moro trAnsitcry.
The objections to the use Of meet that
think are most worthy Of consideration
First lts moro stimulating character.
second. The animals may not 10 In .
healthy condition.
Third. The skin being an excrssory
organ, all nssh must have some refuse matter
init
This objection docs not apply 70 milk and
eRgs-but there are some who object to milk.
First. Because In the domesticated COW
the period OF lactation 10 prolonged beyond
the natural duration, and hence It II In .
Second. Potsons taken BY the COW would
appear In the milk.
Third. 1t being the natural food for in
fantA 10 not adapted to the adult stomach.
On Two or three occasions l have for Q
month or two done without milk, but Il has
never been successful with me, always being
attended with . continual loss OF weight
The opinion that persons cannot change
from the usual mixed diet to vegetarian ism,
or the reverse, without danger, l think, IL
greatly exaggerated, II not entirely without
franklin changed twice from mixed die,
to vegetarianism and twice back to the ordi.
nary mixed diet without Inconvenience
The chief point, think, to pay attention
to when making the change IL to guard
against eating too much. When first made
the change thought that 1t was absolutely
necessary to make up for the deficiency oi
| meat by large quantity Of grains, such O.
| wheaton grits, ost meal or Indian meal, etc
and the more nutritious vegetables, such q
peas beams, lentile, etc, and am satisfied d
| that often took much more very uutri.
tious food than the needs Of my system de-
/ manded.
l have enjoyed excellent health on the
/ usual mixed diet, and also o. yes etarian,
| and think any one in good condition can DC
the same II excess Of food be guarded against
and . fair amount Of fresh air and exercise
| taken.
While l urge no one to become Q vese
tartan. do urge Americans generally to use
meat but once Q day, and In tho intense hes,
/ OF our summers l think that that may be
| omitted with advantage.
1t 10 claimed by vegetArians that they en-
Joy greater immunity from disease than per.
sons using the mixed diet, and I think thai
10 not without some foundation. The eX-
perience Of = sect in Philsdelphis known q
"Bible Christiaus," !" who during several
| epidemics devoted themselves to nursing In
the hospitals, seems to corroborate this
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13
WHAT AOsKBY WsSNOR H.
Not Quite So Geological - Ito Mislsadisg Nam
might Imply.


Might Imply.
OF plain tool with droll name the Ro.
chester On. Y.) Union and Advertiser SAYS;
A "monkey wrench" 10 not 10 named be.
cause it Is handy thing to monkey nth, or
for any kindred reason. Monkey" 10 not
its name at all, but "Moncky." Cherries
Moncky, the inventOr'of it. sold his patent
for q, 600, and invested the money in house
in Williamsburg, Kings county, where he
now lives Iron, . London trade paper,
ssys that so o0O dozen Moncky wrenches are
exported 70 Europe annually. "The tool.
makers and mschinists Of Europe" says
IRON, "such - Krupp Of Germany, Whit
worth & Armstrong, Of England, and Hotch.
kiss, OF France, with their vast resources,
are unsble to produce . Moncky or screw.
bar wrench equal to the American wrenches,
and consequently they have to import these
tools from the states.
tinues: sour American contem poraries
have every cause to be surprised at the as
tonishiDg fsct that thousands OF tons of scrap
iron arc every year taken to the United
States and there converted into the simp.
lest OF American msnufacturee, the ssd or
laundry iron, aud then exported back to
Europe st no small profit There is no one
corner Of Europe where the American small.
cast hardware 10 not ON ssie In the mat
ter CT the common pocket box wood rules, the
American manufacturer 20 far excel Gil
others II not all European nations, certainly
sll nations outside Of Europe are supplied
from America The manufacturers there
PRINT on the rule whatever system OF meas
urement Ii followed by the country for
which the goods are intended. American
ausers and auger bits are used the world
over, ho other nation being able TO compete
me Americans with such facts before them
may well be proud OF their manufactures"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13

AsVoUsS OvoS Al American vooooL
An interesting point of international Law
hes arisen In connection with the wreck OF an
American vessel on the coast OF Nova Scotia
The weasel was condemned and ordered to be
sold for the benefit Of the under writsrv, and
wss brought In BY her original owner, who
proceed~d to repair and float her. Mean
while the collector Of customs ct Shelburpe
(W. Attwood) wrote to the customs depart
ment In Ottawa asking for Instructions - 70
whether the vessel wss liable to duty or not
The commissioner of customs answered that
~ the vessel had been wreck I'd and sold, and
was no longer ship but . chsttel, and q the
owner was an American citizen, the COLLECTOR
should enforce the payment OF duty.
The vesssPs owner refused 70 pay, stating
that he intended 70 take his vessel to the
United States - soon ~ she should be floated
on that he had no Intention of becoming 4
British subject or flying the British dag, and
therefore Did not have to pay duty. The
collector thereupon seized the vessel The
owner has gone TO Washington TO lay his case
bsioTe the United States government Il 10
expected that tho action OF tho customs su-
thorities In endeav0ring TO collect duty upon
the wreck will become the subject Of diplo-
matte correspondence.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13
The National Guard.

( Tho encampnent Of the state militia at
Mount Gretns has come to an end in a
blaze OF military enthusiasm. Gen. Sheri.
oan reviewed the troops on Friday and
spoke Of them in the most fisttering terms,
declaring that they came a. near the regu.
hrs In military discipline Is any National
Guard be had ever seen. This is high
compliment, and will be appreciated by
thoss who gave their time and labor to
nssng ths troops up to their present eff.
I eisacy.
During the ten days Of the encampmept.
- soldiers have been under almost IA .a.
80 discipline - would be observed in
- q war. It was the intention to give
q - troops an actual taste Of military lifr.
l 4 = the universal opinion that tbis re-
Apnt ~ reached. On Thursday in the
- q ths hsrce storm that rolled over the
- ground, the divisions went through
tAsif Work, exposed 70 the fury Of wind
- MIN ~ same ~ though the sun was
elining.
M 1hs sfats has good rsason to be proud Of
- exeellent showing made BY its troops
~ Mount Gretns. We may never again,
4 u 1877 during tho railroad riots, have
I'D of state troops, but 1t ID comforting
0tng 70 know that We have Q we'll disci.
lnsd and well-drlled force to be called out
H. 80 OF IN emergency.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13

FILTRATION 10 becoming great essential
for pure water. The New York Tribune
notes that report for the month Of May
lest shows that before filtration the water
supplied to London yielded 4, 800 colonies OF
microbes per cubic centimetre Of water.
Aster passage through the sand filters 1t
yielded only nineteen colonies II these
micro organisms are the specific germs OF d.
esse' % Pasteur and others suppose, then
filtration Of the water supply ought to have q
dscidediy beneficial effect on the public
health. 1t may DO that the lower death rate
In London - compared with New York is
some degree due to the fact
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13

w WUs1s ~ was eonpasaeivsly new, and
~ journey across the Atlantic In sailing
vsssd W. - likely 10 require eight weeks
- four. A mighty rsvolutioa hes taken
place n all these Affairs since The days OF
TIE federal constitutional convention.
The LititI Mofavian church also cele.
bfatss this week its founding one hundred
years ago. Elsewhere . sketch Ii given Of
the primitive methods in the establishment
Of the church, and an account Of the now
handsome edi6ce that stands - memo.
rial to the courage and energy of the early
pioneers among the Monvisns. Lititz is
especially the home of the Moravians in
this country, ranking with Bethlehem In
this regard. It is fitting that the occasion
Of the centennial celebration to-day and to.
morrow should be made . notable one in
Mo1vian church annals.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13
IN AK ID fO ~ HANGED.
And the willing Mob Promptly Accom-
dated the Murderer.


dated the Murderer.
special coroner's inquest on the body Of
the colored girl, Jane Collins, found dead ON
Wednesday in the thickets near the plsnta-
tion OF Joseph Brg, four miles above Frank
lin. La, developed the fact that her throat
bad been cut and that she had received sew.
eral stabs on her body with knife, presum-
ably the one found near her remains, and
which was identified a. belonging 10 her
s,epfsther, Dan Pies ants, alias HosSins. The
facts ELECTED before the coroner's Jury pointed
70 htm ~ the assassin, and - he had taken
to the hsld for concealment all the white
and colored people of the neig borhood and
rom the village OF Baldwin joined In the
search for hun.
Ee was seen several times In the cane tields
and shot OF, but managed to reach and conceal
himself In sugar house on the Harding
plantation, two miles above the scene OF the
murder, where he was found bleeding from
several gunsLot Wounda He was dSaepe ed
out by the people, confessed to the murd er
and asked to be hanged at once, which 70.
quest the exasperated crowd granted, and
hanged him 10 the raiters of . cane sbod,
Pleassnts alias Hoskina, was about twenty
six or twenty eight yesrs old, and was very
large and muscular.